With Monday’s surprise announcement that “WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson” was being rescheduled for an October date, there’s sure to be a mixed bag of reactions from the evening’s participants.

And while main-event competitor Donald Cerrone, who was set to face Benson Henderson for the WEC’s interim lightweight title, will surely be disappointed at the delay, it’s not as if he won’t stay busy.

As Cerrone recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio), he’s got plenty to focus on outside of his fight.

“We have the TapouT house going right now,” Cerrone said. “The house we’re in is five bedrooms, so there’s plenty of room. But the house that I’m buying has an actual casita on it, which is two bedrooms with a giant living area, kitchen, washroom, laundry, everything for the guys to come out. So it’s actually their own private house.”

Cerrone is working with TapouT and MMA Overload to provide their own version of “The Ultimate Fighter,” a chance for up-and-coming fighters to try-out the life of a WEC contender training at the famed Greg Jackson camp in Albuquerque, N.m.

“Leonard (Garcia) and I were always looking for guys to train with,” Cerrone said. “And all the people that fight know it’s a long, hard road trying to get in the right gym, know the right people. So we’ve already paved the road.

The process has already started, and Cerrone is looking forward to it becoming even better.

“[I’m buying] a 4,000 square-foot ranch (house) with an airplane hanger and a barn,” Cerrone said. “It’s the real deal. It’s on 10 acres, so we won’t even know they’re there.

“We’re also buying a bus, too, to tote them around. We’re going to get TapouT to wrap the bus. Kind of like the RV, but we’ll have a little short bus to drive them around.”

Just like “The Ultimate Fighter,” or the subjects of the original “TapouT” series, Cerrone has seen mixed results with his first crop of fighters.

“We have four guys here,” Cerrone said. “Actually, we had five. One guy left and said he hurt his shoulder. I think his girlfriend was cheating on him or some [expletive], and he went home and hasn’t come back. If you can’t figure out your girl situation, then you don’t need to be down here messing around.”

But despite the setback in the first set of athletes, Cerrone believes his venture can be productive.

“We’re hoping they can come down and see what it’s like to train with a world-class team, see what it’s like to train alongside with me while I’m training for a title fight,” Cerrone said. “Leonard is fighting in the WEC as well, so see what it’s like to live and train in the everyday life of what we do – maybe open their eyes to say, ‘This is what I’m doing wrong,’ or ‘This is what I need to do right,’ or ‘They’re doing everything wrong, and I do it better on my own.’

“(We’re) just trying to get people to come down, and hopefully Greg will be like, ‘Yeah, I like this guy. Why don’t you stick around and join the team?'”

With all of his extra-curricular activities, and with a rescheduled bout with Benson Henderson potentially looming on the horizon, one may assume “Cowboy’s” intense rivalry with current WEC lightweight champ Jamie Varner has weakened.

Don’t believe that for a second.

“As far as Jamie Varner as a fighter, I respect the [expletive] out of the guy,” Cerrone said. “He’s a good fighter, a great fighter. As far as Jamie Varner as a person, I don’t respect him at all.

“I don’t have anything bad to say about his fight game. I think he’s a game dude, and he’s an awesome fighter. But when it comes to him running his mouth after? How he exited that fight is nothing but his own, so he can’t point the finger and blame me.”

And while the war of words between the two rages on, Cerrone says he’s looking to forward to a second shot at the champ in the cage – if it ever comes.

“At UFC 101, we had some words,” Cerrone said. “I got him alone in a back room. [Expletive] was about to go down. The things I said to him as a man, I can’t believe you would stand there and take it. But, he did.

“I just think he’s trying to dodge me. I think he wants to keep fighting and do it, I just don’t think he wants to do it with me.”

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